Modeling Pooled Procurement of Philippine Department of Health Drugs and Medicines Using OLS Regression

• Main Authors: Dy-Liacco, Chloe Marie M., Magsajo, Theresa Denise C., Say, Kimberlee S., Go, Clark Kendrick C, Uy, Jhanna, Antonio, Victor Andrew A.
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: Applied Mathematics; Data Science
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/mathematics-faculty-pubs/302; https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0213405

Pharmaceutical drugs and medicines are essential to modern healthcare, and in the Philippines, public healthcare facilities acquire these through the Philippine Government E-Procurement System (PhilGEPS). Economic theory and existing empirical studies show that pooled procurement can reduce unit pri...